Sale 13753
New York
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15 September 2016
Price realised
USD 13,750
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A SMALL CORAL-GROUND 'GARLIC-MOUTH' VASE 18TH CENTURY The vase has a bulbous body raised on a tall spreading foot and a garlic bulb-shaped mouth, and is covered with an unctuous coral-red glaze. 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher (d. 1917) Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1921.
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